Savings bank



D.1H.- WAGAR SAVINGS BANK June 19, 1923.

2" Sheetsl-Sheet 1 Filed July 21 1922 Jame 19, 1923.

D. H. WAGAR SAVINGS BANK Filed July 21 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l I 42 Z! m w M w 4 Patented June 19, 1933.

, UNITED s rres attain A T :i

SAVINGS BANK.

Application filed July 21, 1922. Serial No. 576,446.

for its principal object the provision of an improved construction of this character, which will be highly eiiicient in use and economical in manufacture.

The primary object of my invention is to alleviate the ,diiiiculty with which a bank" teller meets with on attempting to replace the wall of a bank of this character which isremoved to permit access to the interior ofthe bank. This difficulty is due to the fact that in the tellers haste to replace the removable wall, he does not take the pains to see that the wall is set in its true position, and consequently a good deal of time is spent in trying to find the proper position in which the removable wall is to be mounted after the coins of the bank have been removed. ject of my invention, I provide guide mem bers which are frictionally held bysuitable channel shaped elements fixed to thebank body and it is throughthe medium of the guide members that when an attempt is made to replace the removable wall the same will be guided into its true position.

A further contemplation of the inven-- tion is the provision of a coin-trap which will prevent the removal of coin after the same is deposited in the bank or even when the coin is partly passed through the trap. It is a known fact that there are now on the market various coin traps, but I have found by experience that by operating on them with a suitable instrument, the coins can in short time, be removed from the bank. It is therefore an object of my invention to provide a coin trap which will withstand tampering with the same and prevent the removal of the coin from the bank, this provision will be more readily understood by reference to the specification relating to the same to be hereinafter set forth.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In connection with this ob .FICE.) I

DUANE n. WAGAR, or OCEAN PARK, CALIFORNIA.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which, i

Fig. l is a top plan bodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail View, of the, same, taken substantially on line 2'2' of' Fig. 1;

view of bankem- Fig.- 3 is a sectional detail VieW, of the same, taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional-detail View, of the same, taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig.

vention;

vF 1g. 6 'is a plan View of one of the plates comprising the lock, embodied in the in- 5 is a perspective view ofone of'the slidable wall hangers, embodied in the invention, for locking the slidable wall in locked position; Fig. 7 is a improved savings bank.

ferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings, comprises a bank A having spectively and a slidable bottom wall-:12.

The bank A is provided with a suitable handle 18- which is fixed to the top wall 11 by means of suitable split pinsle, which pass through slots 15 formed in thetop wall,

each having their opposite ends bent away" from each other asshown in dot'ted lines, indicated at 16, Fig. 1. The

more fully explained.

While the. drawings illustrate the suitable look and which can be readily re-" plan piewof the key for my In carrying out the invention, the pre-- I integral side and top walls 10and 11 re-' top wall 11 isprovided .with an elongated:v coin slot 17 entrance and exit through which is controlledby' a coin trap B to be hereinafter.

pre- 4 ferred shape of my improved bank itis to be I thoroughly understood that the invenbank, for example, the book form moved to remove the coins from. the bankL;

After this wall has been removed from the bank body pro-per, and the coinsremoved from the bank, the user: on attempting'to'replace the wall spends considerable time trying to find the true position in which to :upper and lower laterally turned flanges 19 having registering openings 20 as shown in Fig. 5.. Associatedwith the slidable wall 12 'and passing through the registering openings .20o't' the, supports 18 are guide members 21, as shown in Fig. 2, said guide members being preferably riveted to the wall 12 and provided with rivet shaped heads 22,. as shown. The guide members 21 are preferably adapted to frictionally pass through the registering openings 20 of the supports 18, the purpose being such that when the wall 12 is moved into locking positionthe movement of the guide members 21 will be in unison regardless where the forward pressure is applied to the wall. ,As best shown in Fig. 2, the wall 12 is pro- 3 vided with a lateral flange 23. which,-when the wall isin locked position, is flush with I the side walls 10 of the bank.

d the wall 12 is in lockedposition. The pur- Associated with the guide members. 21

and arranged between the laterally turned flanges 19 are expansion springs 24 which are adapted to be engaged by lateral pins 25, carried by the guide members 21,'when pose of the expansion spring 24 is to partial-ly force the wall 12 out of locked position when released by the lock C to be hereinafter described;

The,lockconstruction C comprises a rectangularly shapedplate 26 having. a central circularly, shaped recess 27 and opposite elongatedurecesses 28. Mounted in the recesses 28 are slidable plates 29 having V- shaped projections 30-which are adapted,

when the. wall 12 is in locked position, to engage the lower flanges 19 of the supports 18. The plate .26is'also rovided with opposite channels 31 into which expansion I spring members 32 are mounted, saidspring members being adapted to engage inwardly turned lips 33 punched from the slidable plates 29 and transverse stops 34 formed'in the channels 31. The. purpose of the spring.

members 32 are to impart to the-slidable plates an outward movement and to retain the V-shaped projections 30 into. locking.

contact with the lower lateral flanges 19. The slidable plates 29 are disengaged from the lateral flanges 19 through the medium of a disc shaped member 35 having lat'eral pins 36 which engage elongated, slots 39 formed in the said plates, as shown in. Fi 4. The disc member 35 is mounted to osci llate in. the recess 27' and is provided with a central opening 38 through which an annular projection 39 passes. The member assesses 35 is actuated through the medium of a key 40,, as shown in Fig. 7, which is provided witha T-shaped end 41 which is adapted to pass through a key hole 42 formed in the slidable wall 12. The central. stem 42- of the T-shaped end 41 is adapted to pass into a central opening 43 formed in the plate 26 and the lateral projections 44 of the T- shaped end 41 of the key are adapted to engage square shaped holes 45 formed in the disc shapedmember 35 as shown in lVith the key in this position and i Fig. 4.

upon manipulating the smile, the disc shaped H member 35 will be caused to oscillatein the direction indicated by an arrow in Fig. 4, and upon such oscillation the plates 29 are drawn toward each other bringing the V- shaped projections 30 from looking engagement with respect to the lower lateral flanges 19.' As soon as the V-shaped projections are moved out of engagement with the lower lateral flanges 19, the spring members 24 will impart an outward movement of the wall 12 and by, graspii'ig the wall with the hands, the same can be pulled outwardas liar as the members 21 will permit.

. Referring now to the specific construction oi my improved. coin trap I prefer to mount on the 1nner side of the top wall. 11 an enclosure 46 which carriesdiverging supporting blocksv 47 and 48, as shown in Fig. are disposed on opposite sides of thecoi-n slot 17 as best shown in Fig.3. Carried by the supporting blocks .47 and 48 and mounted in recesses 49- are look members- 50 having serrated lateral projections 51 The supporting blocks 47*and 48 which control. the passage .ofcoin i-ntothe-1 coin chamber 52 of thdbank. -The. mem-- bers 50 are normally forced outwardly; as shown in Fig. 3, by spring members '52 mounted inthe're'cesses 49. i It will be thus seen that when" a coin is. partly passed through the coin slotand an attempt is made to withdraw the coin, theserrated lateral projections willbe. caused to wedge against the coin and prevent withdrawal By this construction it is obvious that when once a coin is passed entirely'throughi the coin slot 17 or only part-lypassedthere through, it will be impossible to withdraw or remove the coin from. the coin chamber 52.

y bank especially designed to beused by banking houses. to encourage savingxotmoney in The construction. of my small amounts. improved savings bank has many advantages over thebanks of this character now 0n the market and will not only. provea to the individual; a

While I have illustrated and described my invention I providewa savings great value to. the. banking house but-also= the preferred form. of construction for carrying my invention into efi'ect,.this is capable of variation and modification without;

departing fromthe spirit of the invention. 1 therefore, do not. wish tobe limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail .myseli of such variations and modifications as come within the,

scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what-"Ii claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-z' v v r l. A bank comprising side and topwallsf;

a bottom wall mounted for slidable move I ment; channel-shapedmembers carried by said sidewalls and provided with register-s iiig openings; guide members carriedfby the-- bottom wall and working in said openings;

and vlocking means for'said bottom' .wall including plates 'mountedi'or slidable move-:

ment and having V-shaped ends for engage ment with-said channel members.

3. A. bank comprising side and top walls;

a bottom wall mounted for slidable move-- ment; channel-shaped members carried by said side walls and provided with registering openings; guide members carried by the bottom wall and working in said openings; locking means for said bottom'wall in' cluding plates mounted for slidable movement and having V-shaped ends for engagement with said channel members; and spring members carried by said guide members for partially opening said bottom wall upon release thereofi 4. A bank comprising side and top walls,

there being a coinslot formed in said top' wall; a releasable bottom wall; supporting members arranged on opposite sides of said coin slot; and spring controlled members arranged in said supporting means for closing the passage through said coinslot.

A bank comprising a body having a releasable bottom wall; a coin slot formed in said body; and spring controlled diverging members controlling the passage through said coin slot.

6. A bank including a body having a coin slot formed therein; spring controlled diverging members controlling the passage through said coin slot; a bottom mounted for slidable movement on said body; channel-shaped members carried by said body and provided with registering openings; guide members carried by said bottom and working through said openings; and meansfor releasably locking said bottom, said means comprising slidable members for engagement with said channel members.

7. A bank including a bodyhaving a wall mounted for slidable movement and promovement of the wall in an 1 outward direcvidedwith meansfor impartingpartial movement in'an outward: CllIQC'tlOD,' and members carried-by the wall and insertablewithin said body adapted, to'guide the wall;

during such'movement and limit the slidable tion. i

8.- A banki including a body having a wall,

mounted-- for i slidable movement andpro-- vided with means "for imparting partial movement in an outward direction, means for releasably holding said wall against'such outward movement, and members carried by the wall and-insertable Within said body adapted to guide thelwall during such movement and limit the slidable movement ofthe Wallin an outward direction. I i 9. A bankcomprisingfside and top walls;

a slidable bottom Wall affording-means forfremovingcoins' from, the interior of said bank; supporting members carried by said side walls; guide members associatedwvithv,

said bottom wall and, mounted to slide on said supports for guidingsaid bottom wall during movement-thereof; and. spring'fineim bers associated withs'aid' guide[ members adapted to impart slidable movement of said bottom wall.

10. A bank comprising sideand top Walls a slidable 'bottom' wall affording means for, removing coins from the interior of saidbank; supporting members carried by said; SldG: walls; guide: members associated :with

saidbottom wall and mountedto slide on' said supports for guiding said bottoinvwall during movement thereof; spring members associated with said guide members adapted to impart slidable movement of said bottom wall; and means for releasably locking said bottom wall.

11. A bank comprising side and to Walls; a slidable bottomv wall; channe shaped supports carried by said side walls; guide members associatedwith said-bottom wall and slidably mounted on said supports; spring members associated with said guide members for imparting slidable movement tosaid bottom wall; and lateral ears carried by said guide members adapted to compress said spring members when said bottom wall isin closed position.

12. A bank comprising side and 'top walls; a slidable bottom wall; channelshaped supports carried by said side walls; guide members associated with said bottom wall and slidably mounted on said'supports; spring members associated with said guide members for imparting slidable movement to said bottom wall; lateralears car ried by said guide members adapted to com- I press said spring members when said bottom wall is in closed position; and means for lockingsaid bottom wall in closed position. v

13. A' bank comprising" top and side avails; slidable bottom Wall; chann'el shaped members associated ith said side Walls; and guide membersxassociated With said bottom Wall and slidably mounted on said channel members for guiding saidlbot tom' Wall during'moven'ient thereof, there being heads formed on sald guide members" to prevent the detachment of said bottom Wall from: i said tion. v1

14. A bank comprising-a coin chamber; a

coin slot for-the deposit of coin into saidchamber; supportingbloeks disposed on opposite sides ofsaid coin slot and serrated members associated With-said: blocks for controlling the passage of coin throughsaid coin slot.

trolling the' passage of coin through said 15: A bank comprising'ai coin chamber; a

coin slot-for the .deposit'of coin into'said chamber; supporting blocksdisposed on 013 posite sides of said coin slot; and spring controlled serrated members, associated W1th V said blocks for controlling the passage of coin through said coin slot.

16. Meansfo'r controlling the deposit of coin; through a coin slot of a savings. bank comprising in combination wvith annenclo sure carried by the top Wall of said bank; supporting blocks associated with said enclosure, there being re'cesses-formedin said supporting blocks, and spring controlled elements mounted insaid recesses for conbankwhen in opened posig coin slot sa i d'f'elements havir 1g" -l'ateral' sen; rated pro ections adapted to engage the.

sides of acoinpassed through said-coin slots.

Br hank including :a body having Wall mounted for slid'able 1nov'ement,iand

members carried by the Wall and taken" through guides and having enlarged head portions for limiting the movement of said Wall in 1 an" outward direction.

18. A blank including a body havinga Wall mountedfof slidable movement and' having means *for imparting partial-"move ment in an outward direction and members associated with the Wall and insertable' Withinsaid body adapted to limit the move-j mentofsaid Wall in such direction.-

Wall mounted. 'for slidable movement and having means for imparting partial move 'ment in an, outward direction, means" for "releasably holding said Wall against movesment in such direction, and members ass0- ciated With the Wall and; insertablewithin- "said body adapted to limit the movement ofsaidwal] in such; direction; f

In testimony whereof have signed I 

